Bismark, ND
Voters will go to the polls and decide whether or not to ban smoking in bars. They will also decide on Tuesday whether to allow smoking huts outside bars if a ban is approved.
Sarasota, Florida
<div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none;">The city council in Sarasota is considering a smoking ban in parks and outside municipal buildings. If smokers do not participate in their city governments soon, all smoking outdoors will be banned including restaurants.<br />
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Maine
Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, will introduce legislation to legalize marijuana. Many states are considering legalizing marijuana so they can collect more taxes to balance the state budget or to bring in additional revenue. <br />
Increasing Tobacco Tax
According to the National Center for Policy Analysis increasing tobacco taxes creates a black market and criminal activity.<br type="_moz" />
Banning Menthol Cigarettes
Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee issued a report recommended the removal of menthol cigarettes which would improve the health of the American people.
Wisconsin Mobs: Thugs in Union Cause
In the face of looming economic problems that will require fiscal austerity, will our government rein in its spending? Or will it yield to the threats and cries of thuggish mobs? Edmund Contoski comments.
Psychotropic Drugs
Andrew Phillips comments on some the troubling links between psychoactive drugs and young people.<br type="_moz" />
Oregon Nanny Bills
This article is about all of the nanny bills being considered in Oregon. A must read if you live there.<br type="_moz" />
Tea Party In Hawaii
The Tea Party is protesting new taxes on alcohol and tobacco taxes, as well as strip away certain general excise tax exemptions. Perhaps the most controversial measure; a bill to tax those earning pensions.
Taxing Internet Sales
Sometime after the Easter holiday, Senator Dick Durban (IL), will introduce a bill to tax all sales on the Internet.